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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Extensive article on Rivendell and Grant Petersen
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 10:49:08 -0500
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On 9/25/2024 10:20 AM, sms wrote:
> On 9/25/2024 7:46 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
> At the 2017 Interbike show there was one bike with 
> mechanical rod brakes that contact the underside of the rim 
> instead of the sides. See <https://i.imgur.com/iiGTP8a.png>.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that rod brakes are the wave of the future. 
> No cables to brake. No hydraulic hoses to leak. They will be 
> much more reliable. Buy replacement pads at any bicycle shop 
> in Shanghai.


The Italians still build Tipo R, stirrup brakes with 700C-38:


https://www.ledueruote.biz/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/28042010020-1280x960.jpg

which were standardized in 1919.

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Andrew Muzi
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